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Can anybody confirm the factual accuracy of this sentence:

Matt's hair fell after being knocked down by a car at the age of four.

It was changed from an earlier, completely different "fact" by an anonymous user. Joe D (t) 16:17, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I read in an interview with his mum in some TV giude that his hair fell out as a result of his dad leaving the family, but I have no knowlege of how true this is.--Crestville 18:15, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

In an interview on the series 1 DVD he did say it fell out in clumps when he was very young, but didn't give any reasons for it. Joe D (t) 23:02, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Next, can we get references for Daffyd being based on Lucas? IIRC, in the Radio 2 interview on the Series 1 DVD they say Daffyd's based on somebody they knew years ago who refused to believe anybody else he knew could be gay. It's possible Daffyd is a combination of the two though... Joe D (t) 23:02, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Hair-Loss ctd. 2 origin of Daffyd 3 Little Britain 4 Work with David Walliams 5 Personal Life 6 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Hair-Loss ctd.

I couldn't really care less about the exact details of Lucas' hair loss. The current explanation is "Lucas has had alopecia since an early age, which in interviews he has inconsistantly attributed to various events", which was added because of the 'being knocked over by a car' explanation having no reference. Do the URLs given in the article link to the interviews mentioned in this new edit? I would suggest that if not then some references should be found, since otherwise the reason for the current edit seems somewhat hypocritical to me. mat_x 08:46, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] origin of Daffyd

based the character Daffyd Thomas on himself, recalling how he felt he was "the only gay in the village" only to find out that everyone accepted it and wasn't shocked by it.

According to a recent interview on Michael Parkinson's chat show, this character was created by David Walliams, rather than by Matt himself. I have no idea if this is inconsistent with earlier interviews though - so don't like to change the article. - MykReeve T·C 20:53, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Little Britain

"Lucas' finest work"? I take issue with this (particularly given the forumlaic nature of S2&3, vs. the genius of, say, Rock Profile). This is of course POV - but so is the above statement. Changing to "most successful". -savs

[edit] Work with David Walliams

There's a section in the David Walliams page about his work with Lucas. Should we also include that in this article (or even create a new one)? Apterygial 07:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

The first paragraph of the Personal Life section appears to be a direct rip or the BBC News story... Someone fancy rewriting it? Dotwaffle 22:57, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)